The AI Art Magazine #2 New matter-of-factness ”’Sachlich’ could be best understood as ’factual’, ’matter-of-fact’, ’mpartial’, ’practical’, or ’precise’; Sachlichkeit is the noun form of the adjective/adverb and usually implies ’matter-of-factness’.” Dennis Crockett, art historian My series ”new matter-of-factness” deals with the manner of representation of New Objectivity and its continuance in times of GenAI….
Neue Sachlichkeit: Blossfeldt’s Plants – I am fascinated by Karl Blossfeld’s plants. Karl Blossfeldt’s work consists primarily of his iconic close-up photographs of plants, which reveal the diversity of forms in nature through their sober and scientific presentation. Blossfeldt quickly rose to fame with his publication ‘Urformen der Kunst’ (1928) and is considered one of…
Neue Sachlichkeit: Strange Devices – Albert Renger-Patzsch’s puristic photos depict his subjects in a honest, straightforward and realistic way. His pictures of industrial plants and products inspired me to create fictitious devices that have no recognizable use, but still seem authentic at first sight. The AI adds some weird details that take the whole thing…